From memory — the film follows the two adult children of a deranged serial killer, a daughter and a son. They live together in the large, decrepit family home. The son carries on his father’s legacy. The daughter just tries to get by day-to-day as a custodial worker at a plant in a nearby town. She’s pretty out there, socially, and seems like an easy mark for a predatory coworker. Their lives seem to be dictated by their upbringing. Violent crescendo.
Pretty cool film, but very dark—both thematically and visually.
Megalomaniac is a 2022 Belgian extreme horror film inspired by the real, unsolved case of the "Butcher of Mons," a notorious serial killer who murdered five women in the 1990s. The film imagines the lives of his fictional children, Martha and Félix, as they struggle with his dark legacy.
Plot Summary
The story centers on Martha, an insecure and unstable woman who works a grueling night shift at a factory, where she is relentlessly harassed and assaulted by her male co-workers. She lives with her brother, Félix, in a large, isolated house.
While Martha attempts to live a normal life, Félix, crushed by the weight of their father's reputation, has embraced the family legacy and secretly continues his father's killings. When Martha is violently assaulted at her workplace, her repressed trauma and anger surface, and she descends into madness, eventually joining her brother's terrifying world and blurring the line between victim and executioner.
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From memory — the film follows the two adult children of a deranged serial killer, a daughter and a son. They live together in the large, decrepit family home. The son carries on his father’s legacy. The daughter just tries to get by day-to-day as a custodial worker at a plant in a nearby town. She’s pretty out there, socially, and seems like an easy mark for a predatory coworker. Their lives seem to be dictated by their upbringing. Violent crescendo.
Pretty cool film, but very dark—both thematically and visually.
Megalomaniac is a 2022 Belgian extreme horror film inspired by the real, unsolved case of the "Butcher of Mons," a notorious serial killer who murdered five women in the 1990s. The film imagines the lives of his fictional children, Martha and Félix, as they struggle with his dark legacy.
Plot Summary
The story centers on Martha, an insecure and unstable woman who works a grueling night shift at a factory, where she is relentlessly harassed and assaulted by her male co-workers. She lives with her brother, Félix, in a large, isolated house.
While Martha attempts to live a normal life, Félix, crushed by the weight of their father's reputation, has embraced the family legacy and secretly continues his father's killings. When Martha is violently assaulted at her workplace, her repressed trauma and anger surface, and she descends into madness, eventually joining her brother's terrifying world and blurring the line between victim and executioner.
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So good!! Great action!